Sciadonus Garman, 1899

Nielsen, Jørgen G., Pogonoski, John J. & Appleyard, Sharon A., 2019, Aphyonid-clade species of Australia (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with four species new to Australian waters and a new species of Barathronus, Zootaxa 4564 (2), pp. 554-572 : 568

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.2.12
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DC307771-D3DB-46DE-891F-CC0EAF9BB5A6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5924651
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C487AB-FFA8-031E-CAD7-FB10FB8AC452
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scientific name	Sciadonus Garman, 1899
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Sciadonus Garman, 1899 View in CoL View at ENA

Sciadonus Garman, 1899: 171 View in CoL , type species by monotypy Sciadonus pedicellaris Garman, 1899 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Body long, slender and compressed; loose, transparent, scaleless skin; lower jaw protruding; small deep-set eyes; pectoral fin peduncle about three times as long as high; anterior gill arch without long rakers; males with well-developed urogenital hood ventrally covering penis; females with a pair of claspers at urogenital opening.

Species. Sciadonus contains five species. A key is given in Nielsen (2018: 178).